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qul ʾinnamā ʾundhirukum bi-l-waḥyi wa-lā yasmaʿu ṣ-ṣummu d-duʿāʾa ʾidhā mā yundharūna
Say, ‘I indeed warn you by the means of revelation.’ But the deaf do not hear the call when they are warned.
— Ali Quli Qarai
21Al-'Anbiyā’الأنبياءVerse 45 of 112
The Prophets21. Al-'Anbiyā’الأنبياء
Al Anbiyā’
The Prophets
MeccanVerse 45 of 112
Surah Al-’Anbiya’ – Verse 45
45. “Say: ‘Verily I warn you only by the revelation. But the deaf do not hear the call when they are warned.”
The glad tidings and warnings of Divine prophets are not based upon personal decisions, imaginations, conjectures and guesses, but they are wholly based on the Divine conclusive revelation. Therefore, this fact is reiterated in this holy verse that the mission of the Prophet (S) is that he should warn people by the way of Divine revelation. So, addressing the holy Prophet (S), it says:
And, he should tell them he does not say anything from his own self, but if it does not affect their hard hearts, it is not so surprising, nor does it show any reason for the deficiency of the revelation. On the contrary, it is for the fact that when the warnings are said to the deaf persons, they cannot hear. The verse says:
They should have receptive ears so that they hearken the word of the Truth. The ears, which the different curtains of sin, negligence, and pride have covered, have utterly lost the ability of hearing the Truth. Thus, those who do not utilize the divine blessings properly, it seems that they are deprived of those blessings. That is, if a person has apparently ears, but he does not hear the Truth, or he has eyes but he does not see the facts, he is indeed deaf and blind. Sometimes, of course, preaching is not effective because individuals are not eligible and receptive; then it does not mean that there is a deficiency in the preacher or his style of preaching.